National Geographic Magazine's Top 10 Photos of the Year

"National Geographic Magazine's Top 10 Photos"

National Geographic Magazine's Top 10 Photos of the Year presents a countdown to the magazine’s best image from 2009. The photos cover a broad range of subject matter, from unexplored caves and endangered freshwater dolphins to the global food crisis and vanishing cultures.

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The First Photo of Mine Ever Taken

The First Photo of Mine Ever Taken

1972

Reporters

Reporters

1981

Bettie Page: Pin Up Queen

Bettie Page: Pin Up Queen

1998

John Baumhackl: Chemical Memories

John Baumhackl: Chemical Memories

2014

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

Moment of Impact: Stories of the Pulitzer Prize Photographs

1999

Everything at Once (Paco & Manolo's Gaze)

Everything at Once (Paco & Manolo's Gaze)

2021

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

2007

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge

1989

Revela la Ausencia

Revela la Ausencia

2023

Witkin & Witkin

Witkin & Witkin

2017

Love, Cecil

Love, Cecil

2017

Riverboom

Riverboom

2024

I'll Be Your Mirror

I'll Be Your Mirror

1996

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

Cinema Through the Eye of Magnum

2017

Smash His Camera

Smash His Camera

2010

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

Naked Ambition: An R Rated Look at an X Rated Industry

2009

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

1997

The Body of Emmett Till

The Body of Emmett Till

2016

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable

Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable

2018

Shutterbug

Shutterbug

2024